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So, if the Senate doesn't show some sense (and Bush doesn't veto that), we're effectively pulling out of Iraq next year?
This is wrong! This isn't dealing with the problem, it is avoiding it! No, I don't want any more troops injured or dead. No, I don't think the war has been anything but an unqualified disaster. No, I don't think Bush has a clue about what he's doing, and that is highly dangerous and irresponsible.
But just pulling out and leaving the mess WE MADE is possibly as dangerous and irresponsible as anything Bush has done so far. (possibly)
This is an immoral decision. Not only is it most definitely taking the easy way out, but it's doing so just to thumb their nose at the President, which is what makes it truly stupid and reprehensible. This may be about politics, but it's not about your fricking political careers, idiots! There's a much bigger picture and you've gone very, very near-sighted.
No, there isn't any clear path, but wouldn't it be better to actually get together, put differences aside for the moment and try and get these supposed leaders of our nation (and wouldn't it be grand to reach out and ask for help from the world's leaders) to think out some options? No, there might not be, hell, there probably isn't a good solution to this mess, but not even looking past our own egos and arses to try is... it's WRONG!
I hate politics and their players. They always managed to crush my inner optimist.
EDIT: Thinking about it a bit more, what makes this so disgusting to me is that they KNOW it's not going to go further. This is just to show Bush that he's in the wrong. It's wasting time, energy and tax-payer dollars doing something that, in the end, is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. It's petty and mean, and we aren't going to get anywhere if we resort to these tactics.
I still hate politics.
This is wrong! This isn't dealing with the problem, it is avoiding it! No, I don't want any more troops injured or dead. No, I don't think the war has been anything but an unqualified disaster. No, I don't think Bush has a clue about what he's doing, and that is highly dangerous and irresponsible.
But just pulling out and leaving the mess WE MADE is possibly as dangerous and irresponsible as anything Bush has done so far. (possibly)
This is an immoral decision. Not only is it most definitely taking the easy way out, but it's doing so just to thumb their nose at the President, which is what makes it truly stupid and reprehensible. This may be about politics, but it's not about your fricking political careers, idiots! There's a much bigger picture and you've gone very, very near-sighted.
No, there isn't any clear path, but wouldn't it be better to actually get together, put differences aside for the moment and try and get these supposed leaders of our nation (and wouldn't it be grand to reach out and ask for help from the world's leaders) to think out some options? No, there might not be, hell, there probably isn't a good solution to this mess, but not even looking past our own egos and arses to try is... it's WRONG!
I hate politics and their players. They always managed to crush my inner optimist.
EDIT: Thinking about it a bit more, what makes this so disgusting to me is that they KNOW it's not going to go further. This is just to show Bush that he's in the wrong. It's wasting time, energy and tax-payer dollars doing something that, in the end, is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. It's petty and mean, and we aren't going to get anywhere if we resort to these tactics.
I still hate politics.
